To: Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior
Permanently Protect Chaco Canyon
Your recent canceling of an oil and gas lease sale near Chaco Canyon was a good first step toward protecting this culturally significant landmark.
But you must go further.
The Department of the Interior must permanently protect Chaco Canyon -- a World Heritage Site and the ancestral home of Native Americans of the Southwest -- from oil and gas drilling activities that could destroy it.
But you must go further.
The Department of the Interior must permanently protect Chaco Canyon -- a World Heritage Site and the ancestral home of Native Americans of the Southwest -- from oil and gas drilling activities that could destroy it.
Why is this important?
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recently halted an oil and gas lease sale near Chaco Canyon in order to further review the potential impacts from oil and gas drilling.
Drilling in this area would destroy a sacred place that holds incredible importance to Navajo residents living in the area. It also has the potential to contaminate the air, water, and land that the surrounding community relies on, putting their health and well-being at risk.
We need to keep the pressure on Secretary Zinke to permanently protect Chaco Canyon from oil and gas drilling.
Please sign and share this petition to stand with us.
Drilling in this area would destroy a sacred place that holds incredible importance to Navajo residents living in the area. It also has the potential to contaminate the air, water, and land that the surrounding community relies on, putting their health and well-being at risk.
We need to keep the pressure on Secretary Zinke to permanently protect Chaco Canyon from oil and gas drilling.
Please sign and share this petition to stand with us.